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Securities, LLC, member FINRA.) And now to the letter.
The Contagion Risk of Europe
Bernanke gave another press conference after the FOMC meeting this week.
Taking his time to address the situation in Europe, and the increased
urgency of the crisis in Greece, Bernanke said US bank exposure to Greece
was minimal and only indirect, via positions in large, core-nation banks
in Germany and France. Raising a red flag, the bearded academic said that
money-market mutual funds had substantial exposure to those same banks and
could take a big hit if push came to shove in Europe. *A disorderly Greek
default would have significant effects on the US* economy, he added.
About the only thing there was seeming consensus on in Europe was that
Greece will eventually default. The question is when. European leaders,
along with the IMF, have caved and will give Greece *12 billion to tide
them over while they debate on finding *70-100 sometime late next month.
By some accounts that amount will have to be a lot more. Meanwhile, the
ECB is adamant that Greece cannot be allowed to default.
The whole process is somewhat akin to trying to help someone who is drunk
by giving them another bottle of whiskey. Trying to cure a problem of too
much debt with even more debt is simply irrational, and everyone but
Europe*s leaders can see that. So why are they doing it?
Because if Greece is allowed to go, there is real reason to believe that
the problems will spread rather quickly to the rest of peripheral Europe.
By the way, it is not just French and German banks that US money markets
have exposure to; there are a lot of Spanish banks that have issued
commercial paper as well. And my sources told me that many of the
state-owned German Landesbanks are essentially insolvent, with massive
amounts of sovereign debt. By the way, another source notes that US
money-market funds are not rolling over the commercial paper to some of
the banks (like Spanish ones), so there is a liquidity squeeze coming to
European banks in peripheral countries.
The ECB has taken on some *100 billion of Greek, Irish, and Portuguese
debt, if I remember the number right. They have capital of only about *10
billion. They want to take on even more debt from the banks, as the banks
are using sovereign debt as collateral. The whole process is a way to
paper over the fact that many European banks are essentially insolvent if
they have to mark to market their Greek debt.
I think it is a given that in the near future Ireland is going to tell the
ECB that the line item on their balance sheet for *60 billion that says
*Loans to Ireland to bail out their banks* should be moved from the line
that says loans to the line that says capital. They will simply walk away
from the debt. *Here are the keys to your banks. What are you going to do
with your banks?*
Let*s assume (generously) that there is only a 50% haircut on Greek debt.
Add in the Irish debt, assume a smaller haircut on Portugal, at least
initially, and you can easily get to *100 billion in losses for the ECB.
That makes Lehman look like small potatoes.
The ECB would either be forced to print money to cover the losses or have
a massive capital call to ECB members. Germany is 27% (again, from
jet-lagged memory), so their portion would be a mere *27 billion. How do
you think that will play with the voters in Bavaria? The ECB was not
supposed to take on bad debt, according to its original charter. More than
one person speculated to me that Germany might simply use that as an
excuse to leave the euro. Not by the current set of politicians running
the place but the new set that will be elected when things go bad.
And printing? Not all that good for the value of the euro.
Will the Euro Survive?
We had dinner on Monday night at the home of Hervig von Hove of
Notz-Stucki Bank, where I was speaking the next morning. There were 16 of
us at the table, and these people represented a great deal of money as
managers and investors. All very well-informed. We sat outside in perfect
weather in the Swiss countryside. Charles Gave sat across from me at the
middle of the table, and we talked and debated as the rest asked questions
and offered opinions for 3-4 hours. The wine was flowing, and it was a
most interesting evening. Now, with that set-up*
I was asked if I still thought the euro was going to parity with the
dollar, and I said I did, although I was not sure what the euro would look
like in three years, or who would be in it. There was some pushback from
people who thought the dollar would be the weaker currency. So I asked for
a show of hands as to how many people thought the euro would be higher in
one year*s time. There were 6 hands raised, but one gentleman said he was
actually abstaining. So I asked how many thought the euro would fall, and
we got 12 hands. Yes, that is 19 votes for 16 people. Clearly there were
at least three economists in the group who voted both ways!
Then someone asked Charles about the issue. Now, for those who have never
had the extreme pleasure of time with Charles, he is a powerful,
white-haired French patrician, and one of the better economists I know.
Quite a brilliant thinker and not afraid to express his mind forcefully
with a voice that sounds like God talking, with about the same assurance
(note to self: never again follow Charles on a speaking stage).
*The question is entirely irrelevant* * punctuating the air for added
emphasis. *The euro will not exist in a year. The whole thing was
dysfunctional from the beginning.*
I suggested that was a tad bearish.
*Not at all. I think it is extremely bullish. The demise of the euro and
the return of national currencies will allow for proper allocation of
investments and resources. It is the best thing that could happen for the
I could not get him to commit to exactly how that process of dissolution
would look.
*I didn*t create the euro so it is not my responsibility to solve the
problem for them.*
But I cannot help but think that any exit by anyone from the euro will be
disorderly, giving rise to Bernanke*s *significant effects.* Many European
banks are simply not solvent if there are major sovereign defaults. The US
banks have sold some $90 billion in credit default swaps on Greek, Irish,
and Portuguese debt to European banks. That is supposedly balanced with
other purchases of CDS, but my sources say that much of that insurance is
from German Landesbanks. Yes, the same ones I mentioned above that are
basically insolvent. We are joined at the hip to Europe. A European
recession would certainly be felt here. And a credit event could cause the
same problem as in 2008, as banks start to refuse to lend to each other
again. Ugh.
The potential for a real crisis is far too high for comfort. It would mean
another recession for sure, with the US already close to stall speed and
global growth slowing. I hate to sound alarmist, but I am worried. Absent
a problem in Europe, the US should be fine, if slow. And maybe European
leaders can stall the crisis off longer, buying time for banks to move
their debt to the ECB and raise capital. We have to really keep our eyes
on this.
At some point, Europe needs to realize that the problem with Greece,
Portugal, et al. is not illiquidity, but that they are insolvent and have
few prospects for economic growth anywhere close to what is needed to
solve their problems.
Europe would be better off just taking the money they are giving to Greece
and using it to recapitalize their banks. Let Greece go. Give it up. Let
them enter a 12-step program or whatever it is that insolvent nations do.
That is harsh, but it is also the truth.
But there are very sad things going on. It is not just banks that are
losers here. Pharmaceutical companies are starting to refuse to deliver to
Greek hospitals, as they are up to two years behind on their payments. It
turns out that Greece owes some *6 billion to private businesses like
hospitals and simply cannot pay. Those costs are rising, and much of it is
to hospitals for medical care supported by the government. They are
issuing bonds (shades of California) for the debt in some cases, which
sell for a discount of 50%, if they can be sold. And we thought finding
*12 billion was a hard thing.
This is not just a Greek problem, it is a concern in many countries that
are having financial difficulties.
A Greek Coup?
Now, time for some speculation on my part. For Greece to leave the euro,
the politicians would have to make a rather serious decision. That will
not happen overnight. The minute there was any speculation or a *secret*
meeting of Greek leaders to discuss leaving the euro, the run on the banks
would be massive and fast. It would all come down quickly.
To go back to the drachma would require a bank holiday for a week, and it
would have to be a surprise move. About the only way for that to happen
would be a military coup coupled with a bank holiday and promises to
return to elections after the currency issue was solved. The current
government does not have the votes or the power to declare a holiday and
move to the drachma, or at least they don*t as I read it. Just a thought.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Switzerland was irrationally expensive. Small Diet Cokes at the Mandarin
Hotel were $12. That is not a typo. I get a full 12-ounce can on sale here
for about $.25. A casual meal, not particularly outstanding, was easily
$100. Taxis are outrageous, with a one-mile trip costing up to $70.
In the category of no good deed goes unpunished, the Swiss are suffering
such high prices due to managing their country responsibly. Everyone wants
the Swiss franc. It was about $1.20 for one franc. I remember when it was
$.25. Then again, so was the German mark.
In the Biggest Loser category, the award for the central bank that made
the worst trade in history goes to Switzerland, with losses of 21 billion
francs in 2010, trying to keep the value of the franc down against the
euro. That*s about $25 billion at today*s valuation.
Home Again, Home Again
I have been gone for 31 days, and it is good to be back home. And I am
home for much of the next three months, at least the way it looks now. I
have a speech at the Agora conference in Vancouver late July, and my
annual trip to Maine to fish with my son at David Kotok*s event (with so
many friends) in early August (which I will likely combine with a few days
in New York). And not all that much travel in September, though that could
change. That really sounds good right now, as I have almost 100,000 miles
on American Airlines alone this year. I hope I can cut that down to about
a third for the last half of the year.
Kiev was amazing. I don*t know what I was expecting, but what a vibrant
place with lots of things going on and building everywhere. Our host, Andy
Bain, came to Kiev in 1992, fresh from Yale with an MBA. He started going
east in Europe and kept finding too many MBAs to compete with, until he
got to Kiev. He now has some 20 companies and is quite successful.
He invited us to his annual company picnic on Saturday, at a lake park
outside the city. There were about 200 people there. The unusual thing was
how young the group was. I remarked on that to his CFO, who is only 38
himself. Who are all these young girls and guys?
He pointed them out: *This girl manages that company and that one has this
account** One woman started out as a receptionist two years ago and is now
managing three national advertising accounts. I looked around. The only
*gray hair* was the ex-patriots. It turns out that when Andy started, he
had to hire young people who were trained under Soviet management styles
and who would work. They were right out of college, and as the business
grew they simply got promoted fast. Andy was essentially training a new
generation. This was also an alumni picnic, so many people came who had
been trained at his companies but now run other operations. Quite the
My son Trey had a great time, with so many young ladies in bikinis. Kiev
may have the most beautiful girls of any city I have ever been to. I think
Trey is thinking of learning Russian, which many of them spoke. He is
certainly begging to go back. It was fun to have him on this trip. But for
Dad, the best moment was when he said, *I have to learn another language.
I don*t want to be stuck in the US all the time.* Italian? French? He now
gets it. It made the whole trip worth it. I wish I had figured that out at
17. I truly regret not being multilingual. C*est dommage.
It is time to hit the send button. I have to start in tomorrow on the 400
emails that are still in my inbox. I owe a lot of people responses and
will work hard to catch up, plus I have some writing to do, etc. While I
love the internet and it has been very, very good to me, it has also got
me busier than at any time in my life. But who*s complaining? It is a fun
life! Have a great week.
Your happy to be home analyst,
John Mauldin
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Saturday, November 12
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Attendance: 61,323
Columbia, MO (Sports Network) - Kendial Lawrence and James Franklin each ran for a score as Missouri upended 21st-ranked Texas, 17-5, at Faurot Field.
Lawrence ran for 106 yards on 18 carries while Franklin had 33 yards on 13 rushes for the Tigers (5-5, 3-4 Big 12), who have won two of their last three. James Franklin passed for 186 yards on 18-of-26 attempts.
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It was the first time Missouri held a lead over Texas since the second quarter of a game in 2001.
Following a three-and-out from Texas, the Tigers padded their lead as Lawrence took a pitch out to the right on the option and sprung into the end zone on a 35-yard score.
Ash was picked off by Kenji Jackson late in the first half.
Missouri blocked a Tucker punt and recovered the ball at the Texas one. The Longorns defense, though, came up with three straight stops on running plays to limit Missouri to just a 19-yard field goal from Trey Barrow for a 17-3 game with just over seven minutes remaining in the third.
Texas returned the favor later in the third when it blocked a Barrow punt, which went out of the end zone to give Texas a safety.
The Longhorns started the next drive at the Missouri 46, but were only able to go 10 yards and a 53-yard field goal from Tucker was off the mark.
Two of Texas' next three possession were three-and-outs with the other drive just barely crossing midfield.
Missouri wasn't able to garner much more offense, but did manage some first downs and was able to kill off large chunks of the clock to give the team the win.
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Building home : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream
- Author/Creator
- Abrahamson, Eric John.
- Language
- English.
- Imprint
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.
- Physical description
- x, 357 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-344) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Father as Mentor
- Among the Lotus Eaters
- Undertaker at a Plague
- The Common Experience
- Building Home
- Scaling Up
- Home and the State
- Political Economy
- Big Business
- The Crest of a New Wave
- Southland Patrician
- Influence
- Short of Domestic Bliss
- Breakdown of Consensus
- Crisis of the Managed Economy
- A New Way of Life
- A Personal Epic
- Conclusion.
- Summary
- "Building Home is an innovative biography that weaves together three engrossing stories. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. It is another part urban history, since the extraordinary success of the savings and loan business in Los Angeles reflects much of the cultural and economic history of Southern California. Finally, it is a personal story, a biography of one of the nation's most successful entrepreneurs of the managed economy --Howard Fieldstad Ahmanson. Eric John Abrahamson deftly connects these three strands as he chronicles Ahmanson's rise against the background of the postwar housing boom and the growth of L.A. during the same period. As a sun-tanned yachtsman and a cigar-smoking financier, the Omaha-born Ahmanson was both unique and representative of many of the business leaders of his era. He did not control a vast infrastructure like a railroad or an electrical utility. Nor did he build his wealth by pulling the financial levers that made possible these great corporate endeavors. Instead, he made a fortune by enabling the middle-class American dream. With his great wealth, he contributed substantially to the expansion of the cultural institutions in L.A. As we struggle to understand the current mortgage-led financial crisis, Ahmanson's life offers powerful insights into an era when the widespread hope of homeownership was just beginning to take shape. "-- Provided by publisher.
- "This book is not only a biography of Howard F. Ahmanson but also the story of the financing of the postwar housing boom and the tremendous growth of Los Angeles. Americans have long believed that homeownership is fundamental to the strength of our democracy and the character of our people. Victory in World War II, combined with new government policies designed to stimulate mortgage lending, sparked a tremendous surge in rates of homeownership in the 1950s. With savings and loans providing more than half of the mortgages for these homes, the industry enjoyed a golden era in its history--especially in southern California. Among its peers, Home Savings & Loan Association of Los Angeles was a giant. By 1954 it had more customers and assets than any other thrift in America. Through its real estate development entities, the company played a leading role in the postwar suburban explosion that made LA the quintessential postmodern city. As the crown jewel among a handful of mortgage-related businesses launched and controlled by Howard F. Ahmanson, the company generated philanthropic capital to build L.A.'s cultural centers and finance the campaigns of the region's leading politicians. As a sun-tanned yachtsman and a cigar-smoking financier, the Omaha-born Ahmanson was both unique and representative of many of the business leaders of his era. Like many elites, Ahmanson shared a fundamental confidence in his ability to lead the nation to prosperity. His death in 1968 came just as the era of deregulation was beginning. In this new era, the central role of the savings and loan in financing the American dream diminished and Home Savings was sold to help create one of the biggest branch banks in America--Washington Mutual"-- Provided by publisher.
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- 2013
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- Eric John Abrahamson.
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Arrests began early Thursday morning outside a busy McDonald's in New York City as thousands of fast-food workers coast to coast put down their burger flippers and picked up picket signs in a national strike that included civil disobedience as the workers rally for $15 minimum wages and the right to form a union without retaliation. Take a look back at the 10 biggest strikes in U.S. history.
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The purpose of a portfolio site is to showcase different kinds of work in an easily accessible way, both for the person who owns the site and for those who visit it. Because of this the portfolio site we will be dealing with different types of content in different places. To make sense of it all, creating a site architecture enables a designer or developer to think through all the different elements in advance and figure out what needs to be built and where these different components should be housed. But before we can build the site architecture, let's look at how WordPress handles contents by default.
When installed, WordPress has two main content types: posts, which is the regular blog posts, and pages. The posts are organized by category, and further organized by tag, and they are usually displayed in reverse chronological order, so the newest post first and then all the older ones underneath it. You can also add custom fields to posts and they sometimes come with the featured image functionality, and most of them have comments. In contrast, pages are independent elements that don't really relate to each other, except for parent-child relationships.
So you can make one page and then underneath it you can have a child of that page. Pages also default to the main menu, unless you tell the site otherwise, and with pages you can have custom page templates so you can display different pages in different ways. Pages also have some common features with posts, including the featured image functionality and comments, but pages do not have custom fields. Taking into consideration the WordPress only has these two content types, posts and pages, we can apply them to this standard online portfolio item structure.
You see we have a Home page, a Bio/About page, a Portfolio with some sub items, including Photos, Videos, Articles, and then a Contact page and a Blog. If we take the standard structure, you'll see that the Home page and Bio/About Page are standard pages, and so is the Contact page, and then the Blog is the regular blog post. But what happens to this content in the middle, the Portfolio, where you have the Photos, Videos, and Articles? That's the general question that we're going to answer in this course and I will teach you how to handle it.
The obvious and simple solution to this issue is to create a new category underneath the Blog called Portfolio, and then give that Portfolio category subcategories for each of your items. But this is really clunky, because now you have all of your items, regardless of what kind of content it is, listed under the Blog. So if you want to display the blog without these items, you have to write a huge pile of code just to exclude these items and then you have to create a new template to include only those items.
A better solution is to create new custom post types for each of these different types of content. That way the blog lives on its own with its own categories and you'll have a new custom post type for each of the new types of items. So you'll have a custom post type for videos, one for photos, and one for articles. What's really cool about this is once you have custom post types, you can assign specific types of categories or taxonomies to each of the post types so that they're all different. That means you can create organizational tools that only relate to each of the individual post types and you can organize each post type item in relation to the other items on their own.
So using custom post pipes and custom paxonomies, you can create a site that's much easier to navigate and has very clear firewalls between different types of content. Now let's look at a concrete example of how this would work. Throughout this course we'll be building a site for an imaginary chef. The site is called Culinary Artistry. This chef has four types of content he wants to display. He has his regular blog, but he also has recipes, photos, and videos. And under Recipes, Photos, and Videos, he has different kinds of ways of organizing the content.
For Recipes, he has Meal Type, Ingredients, Difficulty, Time, and Portions. Whereas in Photos he has Meal Type, Ingredients, and Technique for the photography, and in Videos he has Meal Type, Ingredients, and Video Type. You'll notice that some of these categories, or custom taxonomies as they are called, are the same across all three post types, while others are individual for each post type. This really harnesses the true power of using custom post iypes. You can hook them together and relate them to each other using some taxonomies and then you can still keep them separate for others.
So what we're seeing here is the general site architecture for the site we're going to be creating. We'll build three new post types, Recipes, Photos, and Videos, and under them create a set of new custom taxonomies, so we can organize the content in a logical way. With a basic site architecture drawn up before the real work begins, you have a clear plan of what needs to be done and how that information is going to be organized. This makes the actual process of building the course site much easier.
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I just received a S&W model 60-3 as a gift. I have never owned a gun before and, after taking it out shooting, I am hooked. Can you guys tell me anything important about this gun and its history? How old is it? Serial No BET1XXX What add ons can be purchased to customize the gun? Thanks, George
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Welcome to the forum and to the shooting hobby! Please stop by the introduction area and let everyone know you are here. S&W keeps good records, you could contact them directly and they could give you all the information you wanted on the gun.
If the pain is lacking so is the discipline... "the only 911 call I need is chambering a round" - Mr. Muller, MO car dealer
The model 60 has been in production since 1965 and is regarded as one of the most functional, quality CCW on the market. They are very common, so collectors value is of little existence (with the exception of some rarity). This is just a gun you want to learn, keep and use forever. There are no "add-ons" with the exception of maybe night-sights and/or a more comfortable grip. Other than that, just keep it original and it'll make you happy every time you shoot it or even look at it.
Well it's a fine piece to have. I own a model 13 and it's a great gun also. Hogue has several diff grip styles that you can choose from. They even have cylinder release buttons for it too in a few choices also. You can change out the front blade sight and thats about the diff options you can go with. Pachmayer also has grips to choose from too. The unique thing about a .357 is you can not only shoot the .357 round but you can also shoot .38,38+p,.38 super,and.38 special out of it also. So you have plenty of ammo choice out there for it.
"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off!" - Dirty Harry
The model 60 is part of the J-frame family, which has spawned many variants, but the model 36 and the model 60 are the most famous members of the group. The "Chief's Special" back when handgun models were all named, was very popular as just that, a revolver carried by officers who were either in plain clothes or did not want to appear heavily armed when in uniform. The chief in the town where I grew up always carried one. Do a little googling on J-frame and Chief's Special and you should run across a number of old articles on this fine gun. Enjoy it and the hobby!
I wouldn't mess with it too much. Find some grips you like and spend the rest of the money on practice ammo (and speedloaders and/or speed strips).
Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Don Juan (canto XII, st. 6)
It's a great revolver. Shoot the heck out of it. Practice with mostly .38's and keep it loaded with .357's for defense. It will not like a steady diet of .357's.
Something tells me this guy never came back to check responses. . .
Thanks to all for the responses. I have now shot a few thousand rounds through it and find that I lack a little accuracy because of the small barrel. Do you have any idea what a model 60-3 would fetch in sale or trade?
If its really old, you might be able to get a pretty cool history from S&W here, for $50.


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The classical music world's grand musical legacy is matched only by the grandness of its legends.
Indiana University Opera Theater's "Xerxes" aims to catch your eye, your ear, and your sense of humor.
"It's kind of amazing how much in the dark my character is." - Amanda Russo on Xerxes
"He (the Pope) kind of declared it Lent, year round." Gwyn Roberts
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The race is Saturday, May 17th, 2014 at 10:00 AM with the Summer Celebration following until 4:00 PM – we look forward to seeing you then!
Cost for the OTR 5k Run/Walk is $25 per participant -- we haven't raised our registration rate in years! This includes timing, a t-shirt, water during and after race, post race snacks (bananas, etc.) and guaranteed fun!
Online registration is now closed, however...
Registration will be available in person during packet pick up hours (Thursday, May 15 4-7pm; Friday, May 16 11-6pm) on the front porch of Music Hall; and day of beginning at 8:30 a.m. until the race start at 10:00 a.m. at the Registration tents in Washington Park, which will be located next to the Main Stage (closest to Fourteenth Street). CASH ONLY FOR IN PERSON REGISTRATION.
During these times you will be able to get your t-shirt, race bib with timing chip, and any additional information.
Packet Pick Up
In order to facilitate an easy completion of registration, there are 2 days of packet pick up before the race. We strongly encourage you to take advantage of them!
Packet Pick Up
- Thursday, May 15th 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. @ front porch of Music Hall – 1241 Elm St OTR
- Friday, May 16th 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. @ front porch of Music Hall – 1241 Elm St OTR
- Pick up your shirt designed by We have Become Vikings & your bib with timing chip
- You may pick up on race day morning starting at 8:30 a.m. if you like, but we encourage you to pick up in advance. Registration tent will be next to the Main Stage on the event Lawn in Washington Park (closest to Fourteenth Street)
- You may pick up your friends/family items as needed. (You are such a great friend!)
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Thank you for your time, passion, and generosity!
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Where to put my personal items during the race?
New last year and returning because of its popularity, we have partnered with Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer LLP to have a personal item drop off for the race adjacent to the registration tent. They will have bags for you to put your phones, keys, and other items of value to be stored with them and returned to your post race. We are excited about this partnership and hope that you will be able to utilize and enjoy the run knowing that your personal items are safe with us.


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London. M/S exterior of Hotel Russell. Interior shots of instruments and records at the British Musical Instrument Trade Fair. Various shots of Joe Loss and others looking at instruments. C/U as he holds a balalaika. M/S as girl walks past line of instruments. C/U man blowing bird whistle, the girl looks round, smiles, and walks on. M/S from left to right Kenny Clare on drums, Ken Macintosh, Alto Sax, Terry Lightfoot, Clarinet and Greisha Farfel on Trumpet as they play 'Tuxedo Junction' (Natural sound starts and mixes to same number being played on the electric organ). M/S man playing contra bassoon. M/S another playing tiny mouth organ. Various shots as man plays a guitaret, then changes it round to make bongo drum sound by tapping it.
Intertitle - 'Windsor' (Berkshire). M/S Guardsmen carrying their steel drums out of barracks and across the parade ground. M/S other guardsmen watching. M/S of the band lined up on the parade ground, they play "Quando, Quando" on steel drums. M/S others watching.


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Morning Frills #153: 'Shiver, Me Pinder' Edition
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Bearing a T-shirt with the motto, "Turn Me On, Turn It Off," Pinder engaged in a sexy photo-shoot to encourage the other half of Britons to follow suit.
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don't want to imply stuff that will get us sued. I also already stressed
considerably the point about diplomacy... Was afraid I was going to beat
it to death.
On Dec 9, 2008, at 18:48, Matthew Gertken <firstname.lastname@example.com>
I think we need to spice this up a little bit -- the topic is right, but
the tone is a bit more analysis than diary. As it is, we spend too much
time talking about the individuals, their titles, their experience.
Geopolitics is implied rather than being the subject of the piece. You
hit all the right points but you don't emphasize them enough.
The piece should say, "Here are the new personnel," they reveal that
Georgia is getting back up on its feet and dusting itself off after the
war. To survive, Tbilisi faces a game of diplomacy, most notably
balancing US and Russia in a very delicate and dangerous performance.
Then the conclusion, about the ambivalent meaning of the foreign
minister pick (the fact that he might be integrated in Russian
intelligence), will have more of an impact.
Marko Papic wrote:
Georgiaa**s new Prime Minister Grigol Mgaloblishvili -- PM only since
Nov. 1 -- has nominated a new Defense and Economic ministers on Dec.
9, both former Ambassadors. Davit Sikharulidze, former Ambassador to
the U.S. and NATO takes over as the new Defense Minister and Lasha
Zhvania, former Ambassador to Israel and Cyprus, becomes the Economic
Minister. This follows announcement from Dec. 5 that Grigol Vashadze,
former Minister of Culture and Sport and also former member of the old
Soviet Union Ministry of Foreign Affairs, would take over as the
Georgian Foreign Minister.
The Georgian cabinet, headed by Mgaloblishvili who himself was the
former ambassador of Georgia to Turkey, is quickly shaping up to be
the a**Cabinet of Ambassadorsa**. The post August war cabinet
reshuffle has largely been expected. President Mikheil Saakashvili,
under extreme pressure from new and old political parties since the
failed intervention in South Ossetia, has had to scapegoat the cabinet
of his former Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze in order to deflect
domestic criticism eminating from the August War with Russia which
many see as a blunder instigated by Saak. The 35 year old
Mgaloblishvili whose career highlight was the Georgian ambassadorship
to Ankara was largely seen as a safe choice for Saakasvhili, one that
would fit Turkey into the balancing act that Tbilis has to perform to
stay safe. cut this last sentence (see below)
The slew of former diplomats and ambassadors that now fill Tbilisia**s
various cabinet posts only further illuminates Georgiaa**s necessity
to balance carefully various international actors. In countries like
Georgia -- that survive at the pleasure and good will of larger
neighbors and world powers -- ambassadorial posts are often given to
the most competent and savvy individuals. Diplomatic skill is at a
premium when one depends on it to survive. Saakashvili has therefore
not surprisingly tapped that pool of highly competent individuals for
cabinet posts, starting with the Prime Minister who is expected to
assure good relations with Turkey, Georgiaa**s only geographical life
line to the West. you've made this point before, but you make it
better here, so I would scrap the mention in previous para
Davit Sikharulidze, the new Defense Minister is Georgiaa**s North
American and NATO expert, one of the most successful Georgian envoys
to NATO to date. He comes to his cabinet position from his latest
diplomatic posting as the Georgian Ambassador to the U.S. (and Canada
and Mexico). Saakashvili is clearly signaling the need for the
Minister of Defense versed in the art of diplomacy, since it is
diplomacy alone that at this point can keep Georgia safe already made
this point. Sikhuralidze will be expected to strengthen Georgian
military cooperation with the West and particularly the U.S. hit this
harder -- he was chosen as minister of Defense because he has worked
closest with the Americans, and the americans alone can possibly come
to georgia's aid in fending off moscow's unwelcome influence
However, it is the new Foreign Minister, Grigol Vashadze, that raises
the most questions (and eyebrows). Vashadze has been the Deputy
Foreign Minister since Feb. 6 and Minister of Culture and Sport from
Nov. 2. However, prior to these governmental positions he lived and
worked part of his time in Moscow between 1990 and 2008 and is in fact
a dual citizen of Russia. Before the end of the Cold War he was member
of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the Department of
International Organizations and the Department of Nuclear Weapons and
is a graduate of Moscowa**s State Institute of International
The idea behind his appointment is to signal to Russia that
Saakashvili can balance his foreign policy between the U.S. and
Russia. However, it is also a very dangerous move for Saakashvili as
Vishadze could offer an avenue for Moscow to gain more influence in
Tbilisi. According to Stratfora**s sources in Moscow, Vishadzea**s
relationship to the Russian intelligence community is unclear and the
question does exist as to just how integrated he is "he may be
integrated into" the Russian intelligence networks. A figure like that
could be therefore either extremely useful as a negotiator with Moscow
-- exactly because of his links -- or extremely dangerous.
At this point in time, it is yet unclear which it is. cut this
sentence, ends just fine with last para
Marko Papic
Stratfor Junior Analyst
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing a backlash over a painkiller it approved last year and is now set to go on sale in pharmacies next month.
In a petition from dozens of anti-addiction groups to the FDA, the groups are call the newly approved drug, Zohydro, the next OxyContin. As deaths from heroin and powerful painkillers skyrocket nationwide, governments and clinics are working to put a drug that can reverse an opiate overdose into the hands of more paramedics, police officers and the people . Supporters say the opportunity to save potentially thousands of lives outweighs any fears by critics that the promise of a nearby antidote would only encourage drug abuse. The drug has recently begun to be carried by Buffalo Police, as overdoses rise locally. Among them is New Jersey, which passed a law last year that allows members of the public to carry naloxone - administered through a nasal spray or injection into a muscle - after getting training. About 20 people, most of them related to overdose victims or people who currently abuse heroin, crowded into a clinic last weekend in Camden, a drug-plagued city across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, to learn about the antidote. Jane Stiuv, whose daughter survived a heroin overdose in 2011, listened as a nurse described the signs of an overdose and when to administer naloxone. Stiuv, who found her daughter slumped over the side of a bathtub with a needle in her arm hours after her release from prison, said she wanted to learn how to reverse an overdose should it happen again. Each attendee received a kit containing two syringes, a small vial of naloxone, alcohol swabs and a face shield for rescue breathing. Naloxone is regarded within the medical community as highly effective when used properly. A study conducted during a state-supported pilot of naloxone distribution and overdose education in Massachusetts showed it was 98 percent effective in attempts to rescue a person who overdosed. Police in Quincy, Mass., have been carrying naloxone nasal spray since 2010 and said in July 2013 that they used naloxone 179 times, reversing 170 of those overdoses - a 95 percent success rate. According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the number of overdose deaths involving prescription drugs increased 21 percent from 2006 to 2010; the number of overdose deaths involving heroin increased 45 percent. Bills are pending in at least seven states to increase access to naloxone. In Tennessee and Utah, doctors would be allowed to prescribe it, and civil liability for those who administer it would be dropped. A Wisconsin bill seeks to broaden access to naloxone and, as New Jersey also does, provide legal immunity to drug users reporting an overdose. The White House drug policy office is also urging all first responders to have naloxone on hand. In 2012, the Food and Drug Administration held hearings on making naloxone available over the counter, but it has not yet done so. But not everyone is sold on the idea of making it more widely available. In Maine, where heroin overdoses increased fourfold from 2011 to 2012, Gov. Paul LePage opposes a bill that would allow health care professionals to prescribe it and allow more emergency responders to carry the drug. LePage, who wants to add 14 new drug enforcement agents in the state, cites concerns that it would raise Medicaid costs. He also has said the drug provides "a false sense of security that abusers are somehow safe from overdose if they have a prescription nearby." An overdose of opiates essentially makes the body forget to breathe. Naloxone works by blocking the brain receptors that opiates latch onto and helping the body "remember" to take in air. The antidote's effects wear off in about a half hour, and multiple doses may be needed. The drug's backers say it's crucial to train relatives or friends of addicts because the person overdosing is likely sick or unconscious and unable to self-administer the antidote. It also must be given within a certain window; most overdoses occur within a half-hour to three hours after injecting too much of a drug. |
The effort includes Avi Israel of Williamsville, who became the local face of a campaign against Painkiller abuse, after he lost his son Michael to suicide as part of an addiction to pain killer medications.
Israel is one of several who signed a local letter to the FDA in protest, and the local advocates are one of several groups nationwide mobilizing against the drug,
"This is a dangerous pill. If a person makes a mistake and takes two pills at the same time, you are not waking up again," Israel said.
They are warning the FDA that, if the drug is released to pharmacies as scheduled early next month, it will lead to more drug addiction and more drug-related death.
"In my opinion it's going to take a few people dying before the FDA changes their mind," Israel said.
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Last October, the FDA approved Zohydro for patients who suffer "pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term treatment."
But the power of a drug like this is the issue. Zohydro is essentially pure hydrocodone, a painkiller similar to OxyContin, and would be given to patients in doses between 10 and 50 milligrams a day - that's up to 10 times the typical dose of hydrocodone now.
One of the physicians asking the FDA to revoke its approval is Dr. Andrew Kolodny. He is the chief medical officer of Phoenix House, a clinic that treats patients for drug addiction. He said, "This is a product that's dangerous even to people who are trying to use it as directed."
Kolodny continued, "Many people are concerned that, as soon as this drug hits the market, many people will die from it. A child who's never taken an opioid before could die from taking just one capsule, and an adult who's not used to taking opioids could overdose on just two capsules."
Supporters of the drug call it essential for patients who suffer non-stop pain from cancer, back problems or arthritis and who don't benefit from less-powerful painkillers. In a statement, Zogenix, the drug's maker, called the drug a "new treatment option" for those patients and said the company was "committed to promoting the appropriate prescribing and use of Zohydro."
Still, FDA approval of the drug was unexpected and some say unprecedented.
In 2012, an FDA advisory panel voted 11-2 against Zohydro, with most of the experts fearing the drug - like OxyContin - would lead to abuse and become a threat to public health.
The FDA told CBS News in a statement that it approved Zohydro because so many patients need it and because "the product's benefits outweigh its risks when used as ... approved." But that's the heart of the controversy, CBS News' Wyatt Andrews reported: Can a drug this powerful can be kept in the box and only be used as approved?
Addiction to prescription painkillers, especially among young adults, is growing at an alarming rate in Western New York. In order to address this epidemic, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York has formed a community outreach initiative to increase public awareness of prescription painkiller addiction, provide educational resources to schools, students, parents and community groups, and most importantly, to connect those in need with appropriate treatment resources.
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29 One day, as Jeroboam was traveling from Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him alone on the road in the open country. | 29 About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country, |
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Arthur Murray Dance Studios has been a leading name in social dance since 1912, when the entrepreneur began selling mail-order dance lessons. Expanding his reach, he enlisted teachers to spread his signature dance lessons on first-class steamships and skyrocketed to fame in the '30s after introducing the public to such dances as the Lambeth Walk and the Big Apple. By the 1950s, Arthur and his wife, Kathryn, were hosting their own highly popular TV show on ABC, the Arthur Murray Dance Party, which ran for 12 years. Today, Arthur Murray's team prepares students for rug cutting at special events and weekend nightclub jaunts. Clients who arrive to lessons partnerless will be paired up with certified instructors. Throughout lessons, instructors teach the foundations of two to four dances from a long list of styles that range from Latin to country-western, helping students to learn basic step patterns, timing, and the ability to lead or follow.
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June 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures advanced, indicating the Standard & Poor's 500 Index may rise a second day, amid optimism that a deal can be reached to help Greece avoid defaulting on its debt.
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When the international golf community came to China, this is where it landed. There are two eighteen-hole courses designed by Jack Nicklaus that work their way through undulating parkland. Two more courses, one designed by Jumbo Ozaki and the other by Nick Faldo, run through deep mountain valleys and mature forests; both are expected to open this summer. A full-service five-star resort and the only four-course facility in China, the club has a membership that seems to include every tycoon in Hong Kong despite the $150,000 full-membership entrance fee, which allows the members to play on all four courses. The "Jade" membership, for just under $50,000, will allow access to the two new courses only. The best-known course is the Nicklaus-designed Mountain layout, otherwise known as the World Cup course because that international tournament was held here in 1995. The Mountain (par seventy-two, 6,970 yards from the back tees) and the Valley (par seventy-two, 7,101 yards) feature deep-faced bunkers aside fairways and greens. Only Tiger Woods can carry some of these bunkers from the back, so choose your tees wisely (and honestly). Both carts and caddies are required to keep the pace of play moving--and to help deal with the high heat and humidity during summer months. With fifty tennis courts nearby, as well as a spa (sauna and massage available) and the largest clubhouse in China, Mission Hills markets itself as the premier resort on the mainland.
How to Get a Tee Time: Call the reservation hotline in Hong Kong at 011-852-2826-0288, or have your concierge make arrangements. Visitors usually get on the courses weekdays only (members frequently fill up all weekend tee times). Beginning this year, the Mountain and Valley courses will require handicap certificates on alternate months; players wanting to play the Mountain in March, May, July, September and November will be required to present a handicap certificate. The Valley course will require a certificate in February, April, June, August, October and December. The phone number is 011-86-755-802-2931. (Clubs and shoes are available for rent.)
Directions From Hong Kong: Mission Hills will send a shuttle bus to pick you up at your Central or Kowloon hotel and drive you to the course outside Shenzhen--about a two-hour trip if there are no delays clearing immigration.
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Located in the middle of the city of Shenzhen, this comfortable, thoroughly modern club has hosted the Chinese Amateur Championship three times. Senior PGA Tour star Isao Aoki designed the original eighteen holes, now called the A and B nines, which opened in 1985. Together, they make for a long, tough parklands track that stretches out to a beefy 7,250 yards and an exercise in power golf: Eight of the ten par fours are 405 yards or longer; three of the four par threes are over two hundred yards. Humps and hollows have been added to relieve the course of its flatness. Some of the greens are undulating and deceptive, but all are cut for medium speeds. The C nine (3,246 yards, par thirty-six), which opened in 1990, works over hillier land with a mix of long and short holes, including a 600-yard par five and a 115-yard par three. There are eighteen water
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- New Mixed Art Doll
Online classes
9 photos
- These are classes I teach online
Tree Troll
5 photos
- Some pics of the creative process
FISHWIFE - Dollirious Doll Club
25 photos
- Fishwife class taught for Dollirous of Standwood, WA What an awesome group this is!!
Classes I Teach - NEW
56 photos
- Workshops I teach
Classes I taught at AFIC 2011
17 photos
- A few pics of the classes I taught
Altered Astrid Class in st. Helens
44 photos
- Altered Astrid class taught for Reining Dolls and Bears club
Classes at my studio in Rainier, OR
12 photos
- These are classes I have taught in my stufio in Oregon
Best Friends Class at Spokane
14 photos
- workshop for DOLLS cub in Spokane
Molded Felt Face Doll class
26 photos
- These are some pictures of the hands on classes I teach
Class in Sitka, Alaska
29 photos
- Sitka
Class in Eugene
6 photos
- Best Friends class in Eugene, OR
Embellishment Class
11 photos
Kitchen Remodel
37 photos
- Before, in progress and after pics
Black Folk Art Doll
23 photos
- These are some black folk dolls I have made
Vintage Style and Painted Dolls
25 photos
- These are my vintage repo dolls and painted dolls
Exhibition and Challenge Dolls
39 photos
- These are dolls that I have entered into exhibitions or challenges
My New Studio!
25 photos
- Here is the work in progress of my new studio
Felt dolls
16 photos
- Here are some molded felt dolls I have made
10 photos
- Kites made at the Oregon Kitemakers Retreat